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FOGCon will be my first convention as a published novelist, which will be more of a private than a public thrill. (I have no illusions that this fact makes me Important in any way.) Evidently FOGCon does a "theme" for its programming every year and this year it's "secrets". I'll be on two panels on Sunday:

9:00-10:15 (Salon A/B) "The Love that Dare not Speak its Name Says 'Hi'!"

When did you first know you were gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered? Was there anyone you could tell? What was it like to carry such a secret? When and why did you first start telling people? Are there still some people you won't tell?
M: Crystal Huff. Heather Rose Jones, Kaylia Metcalfe, Tim Susman, Rowan Thunder

1:30-2:45 (Salon A/B) "Secrets in Science"

Leibniz kept the calculus a secret -- or so he claimed. Alchemists were notorious secret-keepers, writing down their discoveries in complicated code. From those antecedents has grown a long history of secrecy in science, whether to claim priority, or for more sinister reasons -- such as the Manhattan Project. What kinds of secrets do scientists keep, and why? How have we seen this play out in the real world, as well as in fiction?
M: Daniel Marcus. Courtney, Heather Rose Jones, Colleen T. O'Rourke

I'm not sure who-all that I know will be there, but I'll be doing my usual shy "why would anyone want to talk to me anyway?" thing** so I'll be glad of anyone who wants to prove otherwise.

**Mitigated by the fact that my girlfriend will be out visiting from New York and cheerfully forming part of my entourage for the weekend.